LOUDOUN COUNTY

Local leaders are looking new ways to get public transit riders to come back — even by proposing free rides.  During a recent virtual panel discussion hosted by the Coalition for Smarter Growth, News4 asked local leaders about free transit rides as a way to grow ridership.  Alexandria Mayor Justin Wilson said it’s not as big a challenge as...

Local leaders are pushing to get free public transit to get riders back and increase ridership. Transportation Reporter Adam Tuss explains.

A group of parents claim that they are being targeted online for having pressed to reopen schools in Loudoun County. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

Some county lawmakers say the Commonwealth’s Attorney isn’t prosecuting enough cases. Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports.

Members of the Loudoun County religious community did their part Saturday to make sure COVID-19 vaccines are getting to those most in need.

News4’s Derrick Ward reports on how members of one church are making sure their Loudoun County community gets vaccinated.

Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports on large and small efforts to get more people vaccinated.

A Northern Virginia community rallied outside of the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday to try to stop the approval of a major development along a scenic stretch of river.

News4’s Drew Wilder reports on how neighbors are fighting back, and how the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors is reconsidering its approval of the development.

Loudoun County firefighters have been called to numerous outside fires Sunday amid a red flag fire weather warning, according to a spokesperson, while Montgomery County firefighters battled an at least 5 acre blaze.

Storm Team4 Meteorologist Somara Theodore has the forecast.

One person was killed in a small plane crash in Loudoun County, Virginia, Thursday afternoon, according to Virginia State Police. The single-engine Beechcraft Musketeer crashed in the woods area near Krens Farm Airport in Hillsboro after 3 p.m., according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The victim was the only person on board. The National Transportation Safety Board is in charge…

One person was killed in a small plane crash in Loudoun County. Brad Freitas reports from Chopper4.

News4’s Darcy Spencer reports on questions a broken-hearted family is asking after the death of 19-year-old Virginia Commonwealth University freshman Adam Oakes.

A 19-year-old student at Virginia Commonwealth University and member of the Delta Chi fraternity was found dead Saturday morning, leaving behind devastated parents and classmates.

Nineteen-year-old Adam Oakes was found dead Saturday, and a fraternity linked to his death has been suspended. As seen on NBC Washington on Feb. 28, 2019.

Loudoun County Public Schools have agreed to a series of reforms following an investigation by the Virginia Attorney General’s Office into racial discrimination in the admissions policies at an elite magnet school

A Loudoun County jury convicted a man Tuesday of killing a woman and her adult son in Aldie, Virginia, in 2018.  Brian K. Welsh was found guilty of first-degree murder and gun charges in the deaths of Rishi Manwani and his mother, Mala Manwani. He was 32 and she was 65.  The Manwanis were found fatally shot in their suburban…

Thousands of students in Maryland and Virginia will return to classrooms on Tuesday, some seeing friends and teachers in-person for the first time in almost a year. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert and chief medical advisor to President Joe Biden, says he supports the move to reopen schools.  “There’s so many reasons to get the...

Many Fairfax County Public School students head back to in-person classrooms on Tuesday. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports.